Bitlis Province

Also known as TR-13

province in southeast Turkey

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Bitlis Province is a region located in southeast Turkey that serves as part of the country's eastern administrative divisions. It is historically and geographically significant as an area bridging Turkey's interior with its border regions in the southeast.

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Population: 307483
Area: 8294
Elevation: 1500
Official website: www.bitlis.gov.tr
Image: Bitlis districts.png
Households: 87120
Life expectancy: 77.96
Dialing code: 434
Licence plate code: 13

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Commons category: Bitlis Province
P11012: Asiagomphus pryeri
native label: Bitlis ili
postal code: 13000–13999
male population: 158754
female population: 148729
annual number of weddings: 2393
suicide rate: 3.64
total fertility rate: 1.51
mean age: 25.90
minimum temperature record: -24.1
maximum temperature record: 34.6
name in kana: ビトリス
water as percent of area: 20.97

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Bitlis Province (Turkish: Bitlis ili; Armenian: Բաղեշի մարզ, romanized: Bagheshi marz; Kurdish: Parêzgeha Bidlîsê) is a province of eastern Turkey, located to the west of Lake Van. It takes its name from the central city, Bitlis. Its area is 8,294 km, and its population is 353,988 (2022). The province was part of Moxoene of the Kingdom of Armenia. Before the Armenian genocide, the area was part of the Six Armenian Vilayets and considered part of Western Armenia by Armenians. The province is considered part of Turkish Kurdistan and has a Kurdish majority. The current Governor of the province is Erol Karaömeroğlu.

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